“The boys were just getting shifted over to Vietnam fairly quickly. At one stage I don’t think we had any males in the office at all and if we did, they would come to us for basic training in a basic signal centre.

“You’d get them trained up so they were some advantage to you and then away they’d go to Vietnam.”

Ms Stewart’s family has a history with serving their country; her father and sister both served in the air force and she herself unsuccessfully applied to get in.

She said some of her first memories of Anzac Day made a big impact.

“I was one of the head girls picked to lay the wreath at the memorial,” she said.

“We were all decked out in our uniform and it was a pretty special occasion to be there and see all the RSL heads of states visiting.